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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ROADSIDE MEMORIALS - 24TH JUNE 2010

International Symposium on Roadside Memorials-24th June 2010Marking death in open places Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College Dublin.

Organised by Una MacConville, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath, UK and co-hosted by the Humanities Institute of Ireland and the research cluster—death, burial and the afterlife—in UCD, Dublin.

Programme08.45-09.15 Registration09.15-09.30 Opening introductionUna MacConville, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath, UK

09.30-09.55 The Origins of Marking Death in Open Places: Early medieval wayside crossesHeather King, Archaeologist, Department of the Environment, Ireland

09.55-10.20 Death markers in the open: some examples from Co. Wicklow, IrelandChris Corlett, Archaeologist, Department of the Environment, Ireland

11.15-11.40 Contested Invisibility—roadside memorials as the result of conflict in the border region of North West Ireland.Mhairi Sutherland, Graduate School of Arts and Media, National College of Art, Ireland

11.40-12.05 Commemorating a National Death in Local Japan: using memorials to make claims about identity and historyMichael Wert, Historian, Marquette University, USA

12.05-12.30 Modern trailside memorials along the Camino de Santiago, Spain.Pat Holland, Tipperary County Council, Ireland.

12.30-12.55 Crosses and (the Absence of) Religion: Roadside Memorials in the Czech Republic Olga Nesporova, The Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

12.55-13.55 Lunch

14.00-14.25 The material culture of Dutch roadside memorials: what do they tell us?Mirjam Klaassens and Peter Groote, Department of Cultural Geography, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

14.25-14.50 Deathscapes in British Columbia: Road Warriors and Teen AngelsJohn Belshaw, North Island College and Diane Purvey, Thompsons River University, Canada

14.50-15.15 Memorials on the Road: Stickers for the Dead in Southern CaliforniaPamela Roberts, Talina Villao and Tracy Carlsen, California State University, Long Beach, California, USA

15.15-16.10 Coffee/Tea16.10-16.35 Remember me: here, there and everywhereGerri Excell, University of Reading, UK

16.35-17.00 'Dead end?: The Future of Roadside Memorial Research'Jennifer Clark, University of Nw England, New South Wales, Australia

All welcome but places are limited so please contact Una MacConville on (00 353) 86 8175530 or at u.macconville@bath.ac.uk to book a place or for further information.A small fee of 20 euro will be charged to cover tea/coffee and admin costs. Lunch available from a number of cafes/restaurants on the UCD campus.

International Symposium on Roadside Memorials-24th June 2010Marking death in open places Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College Dublin.